Emmy Award: Quick Facts

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Notable Honorees

Steven Spielberg • Martin Scorsese • Mike Nichols • Stephen Colbert • Dr. Seuss • Rob Reiner • Nicole Kidman • Ina Garten • Matthew Perry • Bob Mackie • Noah Wyle • Stanley Tucci • Catherine O’Hara • Tramell Tillman • Jean Smart • Sydney Pollack • Christina Applegate • John Frankenheimer • Mel Brooks • Nick Offerman • Jennifer Aniston • Meryl Streep • Henry Winkler • David Attenborough • Ray Bradbury • Alec Baldwin • Jim Davis • Jon Bernthal • Sharon Stone • Allison Janney • Elton John • Jimmy Kimmel • Ryan Murphy • John Lithgow • Zendaya • Barbra Streisand • Jeffrey Wright • Edward James Olmos • Ewan McGregor • Seth Rogen • Jamie Lee Curtis • Julianne Moore • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Amanda Seyfried • Benedict Cumberbatch • Mike White • Steven Soderbergh • Louis C.K. • Kate Winslet • Jeremy Allen White • Martin Sheen • Andy Samberg • Amy Poehler • Anthony Hopkins • Viola Davis • Sanjay Gupta • Michael Douglas • Julia Garner • Billy Crudup • Richard Rodgers • Kelsey Grammer • Michael Imperioli • Joanne Woodward • Michelle Williams • Laurence Fishburne • Jacques Pépin • Jon Hamm • Sarah Paulson • Al Gore • Ali Wong • Bryan Cranston • Steve Martin • Brian Cox • Jason Sudeikis • Anthony Bourdain • Claire Danes • Josh O’Connor • Billy Crystal • Keegan-Michael Key • Michaela Coel • Bette Midler • Michael Schur • Steven Yeun • Rami Malek • Tommy Lee Jones • Bill Murray • Mariska Hargitay • Maya Rudolph • Dave Chappelle • Jerome Robbins • William Shatner • David Cross • Glenn Close • Melissa McCarthy • Jeremy Strong • Jodie Comer • Donald Glover • Kate McKinnon • Paula Deen • Mary-Louise Parker • Toni Collette • Kathy Bates • Jessica Lange • John Oliver • Stephen Daldry • Ben Stiller • Kevin Costner • Ted Danson • Rik Mayall • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Conan O’Brien • Gillian Anderson • Barry Manilow • Jane Lynch • Ed Asner • Kirstie Alley • Burt Reynolds • David Fincher • Franklin J. Schaffner • David Letterman • Christopher Plummer • Bill O’Reilly • Peter O’Toole • Michael J. Fox • Carol Burnett • Michael Keaton • Tina Fey • Frances McDormand • James Earl Jones • Lily Tomlin • Maggie Smith • Kieran Culkin • Whoopi Goldberg • Ralph Nelson • Amy Schumer • George R.R. Martin • Michael Richards • James Spader • Gwyneth Paltrow • Holly Hunter • John Madden • Salma Hayek • Bette Davis • Alex Trebek • Tim Rice • Ayo Edebiri • Liza Minnelli • Quincy Jones • Rita Moreno • Peter Dinklage • Rachel Brosnahan • Julia Child • Laura Linney • Ricky Gervais • Andy Rooney • Cloris Leachman • Tiffany Haddish • James Gandolfini • Marvin Hamlisch • Ted Koppel • Danny DeVito • Barbara Walters • Lucille Ball • Betty White • Bob Newhart • Katie Couric • Quinta Brunson • Jodie Foster • Tony Shalhoub • Laurie Metcalf • John Legend • Trey Parker • Cliff Robertson • Perry Como • Julianna Margulies • Jim Parsons • Michael Mann • Jason Bateman • Regina King • Jonathan Winters • Gene Wilder • Matt Stone • Edie Falco • Neil Patrick Harris • Common • Phil Donahue • Don Rickles • Seth MacFarlane • Eva Marie Saint • Hal Holbrook • Elisabeth Moss • Sid Caesar • Damian Lewis • Burgess Meredith • Ann Curry • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Jane Alexander • Mary Tyler Moore • Jeffrey Tambor

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